More than 100 CEOs, entrepreneurs, university vice chancellors and representatives of cultural institutions have joined prime minister Keir Starmer on a UK trade mission to India.
The two-day trip to Mumbai is aimed at promoting trade and business opportunities between India and the UK.
India is one of the fastest-growing economies globally, currently the fourth largest and projected to become the third largest by 2028.
The trade mission follows the signing of a UK-India trade deal in July, which will lower tariffs on British goods being imported into India.
Keir Starmer said: “We signed a major trade deal with India in July – the best secured by any country – but the story doesn’t stop there.
“It’s not just a piece of paper, it’s a launchpad for growth. With India set to be the third biggest economy in the world by 2028, and trade with them about to become quicker and cheaper, the opportunities waiting to be seized are unparalleled.
“That’s why I’ll be flying the flag for British business alongside 125 of our biggest household names in Mumbai this week – because growth in India for them means more choice, opportunity and jobs at home for the British people.”
Under the trade deal, the government said India’s average tariff on UK products will drop from 15% to 3%. Ministers also say the deal benefit SMEs in particular due to improved customs and digital commitments to speed up trade processes and lower costs.
The government claims the deal will raise bilateral trade by £25.5 billion per year, with UK exports to India projected to grow by around 60%.
The full list of the travelling delegation is:
- Airbus, Louis Wouter van Wersch
- Arup, Jerome Anthony Frost
- Baker Mckenzie, Sunwinder Mann
- Barclays, Stephen Dainton
- Benoy Group, Thomas Cartledge
- BP, Murray Auchincloss
- British Airways, Sean Doyle
- British Chambers of Commerce, Shevaun Haviland
- British eSports, Chester King
- BT, Allison Kirkby
- Capita, Adolfo Hernandez
- City of London, Christopher Hayward
- Deloitte LLP, Kirsty Newman
- DigiLab, Timothy Dodwell
- First Derivative, Victoria Lavery
- Founders Forum, Brent Hoberman
- HSBC, Manveen Kaur
- India Inc Group, Manoj Ladwa
- Indian Chamber of Commerce UK, Lord Bilimoria
- KPMG, Kamini Mehta
- LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), David Schwimmer
- Mace Consult, Davendra Dabasia
- MakeUK, Stephen Phipson
- Marshmallow, Oliver Kentbraham
- Monzo, Anil Tummalapalli
- Mott MacDonald, James Harris
- Paxman Scalp Cooling, Richard Paxman
- Phoenix Court, Saul Klein
- Revolut, Siddhartha Jajodia
- Rolls Royce, Jitesh Gadhia
- SiteHop, Melissa Chambers
- Small Business Britain, Michelle Ovens
- Standard Chartered, William Winters
- Virgin Atlantic, Shai Weiss
- WPP, Mark Julian Read
- Zopa, Jaidev Danardana
- Altilium, Kamran Mahdavi
- Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry, Richard Torbett
- Athenian Tech, Kanishk Gaur
- Bebida Hospitality, Rohini Sood
- Blackburn Chemicals, John Covill
- Brandon Medical, Adrian Hall
- British Fashion Council, Laura Weir
- British Film Commission, Adrian Wootton
- British Film Institute, Monica Chadha
- British International Investment (BII), Diana Layfield
- Carbon Clean, Aniruddha Sharma
- Carbon Re, Elizabeth Price
- Catagen, Andrew John Woods
- Ceres Power, Philip Caldwell
- Confederation of British Industry, Rain Newton-Smith
- Cornish Lithium, Jamie Airnes
- Dulas, Ruth Chapman
- ECB / The Hundred, Vikram Banerjee
- Edrington, Scott Mccroskie
- Elstree Studios, Rebecca Hawkes
- Federation of Small Businesses, Martin McTague
- FIDO Tech, Victoria Edwards
- Gate 7 Limited, Harry Wickham
- GEDU Global Education, Vishwajeet Rana
- Graphcore (AI), Nigel Toon
- GreyParrot AI, Ambarish Mitra
- Group Rhodes, Mark Ridgway, OBE, DL
- Innovate Finance, Janine Hirt
- iwoca, Christoph Rieche
- Latent Labs, Simon Kohl
- LiNa Energy, William Tope
- Manchester Airports Group, Christopher Woodroffe
- Manchester Museums, Esme Ward
- Microbira, Marianne Laing Ismail
- National Science and Media Museum, Joanne Quintontulloch
- National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham
- Natural History Museum, Alexandra Burch
- Nothing Tech, Carl Yu Pei
- NPTC Group, Mark Dacey
- Nyobolt, Sai Shivareddy
- Occuity, Daniel Daly
- Oomph EV, Morag Hutcheon
- Oxford Nanopore, Gurdial Sanghera
- Oxford Quantum Circuits, Gerald Mullally
- Oxford Space Systems, Sean Sutcliffe
- Pinewood Studios, Andrew Smith
- Port of Leith, Ian Stirling
- Recyclus, Robin Brundle
- Royal Shakespeare Company, Sandeep Mahal
- Scrumconnect Consulting, Praveen Karadiguddi
- Sensoteq, Idir Boudaoud
- Sport England, Simon Hayes
- Sriven Solutions, Sashidhar Bacchu
- The Glenmorangie Co, Caspar Macrae
- The Great Outdoor Gym Company, Georgina Delaney
- Universal Simulation (UNI SIM), James Markey
- VIRSEC, Catherine Anne Wallwork
- West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Tracy Brabin
- West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Michael Hawking
- Bend It Networks, Gurinder Chadha
- Civic Studios, Namrata Sharma
- Clark Door, Andrew Ashley
- Diageo, Manik Jhangiani
- EY, Rohan Malik
- Freshfields, Georgia Dawson
- NatWest, Richard Haythornthwaite
- Premier League, Clare Sumner
- Rolls Royce, Tufan Erginbiligic
- Eleven Labs, Mateusz Staniszewski
- PG Paper Company Ltd, Puneet Gupta
- PG Paper Company Ltd, Poonam Gupta
- Scotch Whisky Association, Mark Kent
- UKIBC, Richard Heald
Universities
- University of Birmingham, Professor Adam Tickell
- University of Leicester, Professor Cedric Canagarajah
- University Of Liverpool, Professor Timothy Jones
- Coventry University, Professor John Latham
- Universities UK, Professor Jamie Arrowsmith
- University of Lancaster, Professor Simon Guy
- University Of Southampton, Professor Andrew Atherton
- University Of York, Professor Charles Jeffrey
- University of Bristol, Professor Evelyn Welch
- Imperial College London, Professor Hugh Brady
- Queens University Belfast, Professor Margaret Topping
- UCL, Professor Michael Spence
- University of Aberdeen, Professor Siladitya Bhattacharya
- University Of Surrey, Professor Stephen Jarvis